Temperate+Rainforest

Description Temperate Rainforest are quite different from tropical rainforest. It is most likely to be found in temperate regions of North America, South America, Europe, East Asia, Australia, and New Zealand, usually affected by warm ocean currents. Unlike tropical rainforests, temperate rainforests are cooler and have fewer species living in them. They provide ideal conditions for conifers, mosses, ferns, and fungi. However, most of the North American temperate rainforests have been destroyed which means less than half of that exists today. If you love nature, you will most likely like the temperate rainforest because of its lush trees.

Flora Big coniferous trees dominate the temperate rainforest, including Douglas fir and Western Red cedar, Mountain hemlock, Western hemlock, Sitka spruce, and lodgepole pine. Not only that but also a number of deciduous trees, which is the Big-Leaf Maple. Mosses and lichens are very common, often growing as epiphytes. Indian Paintbrush also grow in the temperate rainforest, but in British Columbia. Fireweed is also common in areas that have been burned or cleared, forest oepnings, and along roads. Western skunk cabbage is also common, attracting the organisms because of it skunky smell. The coastal redwood are extremely tall trees and can only survive with fog because it protects the trees from dry summer conditions.



Fauna Fauna is all the animals that live in an area, in this case the Temperate Rainforest. Some animals that make up the Temperate Rainforest are mountain lions, pacific tree frog, Roosevelt elk, Black bears, and the Varied thrush. Mountain Lions can weigh up to 250 pounds. They usually hunt at night or dawn. They prey on deer, elk, and other animals. They usually feed on their prey for days. The Pacific Tree Frog come in variety colors, ranging from gray and brown, to green. They change their color depending what season it is in the Temperate Rainforest or depending on its ecosystem. Roosevelt Elks are the largest variety of elk. Male and female elks can be told apart from their body size. They usually eat ferns, lichens, and shrubs from the rainforests. They can live in the grasslands of the temperate rainforests. Black bears are the largest carnivores found in the Temperate rainforest. Various species of bears like grizzlies, live in different areas of the Temperate rainforest. They have thick fu r so they can be able to survive the winter in the Temperate rainforest. The Varied thrush are large species of thrush. They mostly eat insects found in the Temperate Rainforest. The majority of animals that live in the Temperate rainforest, live in the forest floor. //Some other list of animal species that can be found in the Temperate Rainforest are: // >
 * Moose
 * Rabbits
 * Bobcats
 * Beavers
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Otters
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Skunks
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Owls
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Tree Frogs

<span style="color: #30e08b; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 200%;">Seasonal Temperatures <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; vertical-align: sub;">The average seasonal temperatures for Temperate rainforests is around 32 degrees Fahrenheit. This is due to the rainforests being close to the oceans. There are warmer temperatures in other areas of the Temperate rainforests too, ranging around 68 degrees Fahrenheit. Temperate rainforests have a long growing season, changing from 80 degrees Fahrenheit in summer down to near freezing in winter. The cooler temperatures mean that temperate rainforests have less diversity than tropical rainforests.



<span style="color: #31e08c; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 200%;">Seasonal Precipitation <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Temperate rainforests seasonal precipitation falls between 200 cm and 350 cm. The amount if precipitation that falls depend greatly on what season it is. Temperate rainforests have four seasons with a distinguishable winter. Precipitation can fall in the form of snow, which happens at higher elevations. Due to its heavy rainfall, it have cool, moist air in the form of ocean fog keeping things wet.



<span style="color: #30e08a; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 200%;">Human's Impacts/Interactions with the Biome <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Human's activities such as farming, hunting, logging and their growth of urbanization are the few negatively impacts that have been done to this biome. This resulted in loss of biodiversity, increase in pollution, habitat loss, and deforestation. The negative impacts that results from human activities fragments the growth and niches found in temperate rainforests causing it to deteriorate. Clearing the land to build homes and buildings have caused the amount of temperate rainforests left around the world to dwindle dramatically. Industrial pollution causes an ecological imbalance between all the species in the food chain as it poisons the water sources. When natural habitats are destroyed, those who made a living in the temperate rainforest would have to migrate to another place, which affects the balance of the local population. One positive thing that humans are doing now is that they are creating nonprofit groups that are working to reduce the demand for logging. With a reduction need to buy tropical hardwoods, they are hoping it would eliminate the act of rainforest logging.



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